Scubaboard is a GREAT PLACE to meet dive buddies! I did the most diving I've ever done in one season last year because of buddies I met on SB. Before that I had one buddy I dove with and he had a tough schedule!
I've met erparamedic (twice), scubaref (her hubby), Komi Hunter, Notso_Ken (also twice), eckybay, Reggae Joe, Ber Rabbit (she's not scary in person
- I've met her twice, but once was very brief and the other was a two-day bunny marathon!), Steve_Dives, scubaaron2003, diver_Paula, Barracuda2, wb416 (I didn't dive with him but from everything I know, he's a VERY good diver!), Gear Junkie and jchoby (also didn't dive with them, but they are also, from what I hear, very safe folks!), and another few GLWC folks. Not to mention the folks in Hawaii and Florida I've met (and gone diving with!). And I had a narrowly missed Dairy Queen and Diving session with PennyPue- but I didn't get to go to that one!
SB is a great place to meet fellow divers and make friends!
Re-reading this post, I realize how utterly cheesy it sounds. But I can't figure out how to un-cheese it without removing the ridiculous joviality I'm feeling. Silly.
I hang out a lot in the Dork Diver's forum. You can see why
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